Main Event

Birmingham, Ala., was the site of Armageddon 2000, and one of the most
hellacious matches in WWE history. The sadistic mind of then-WWE
Commissioner Mick Foley produced the first-ever Six-Man Hell in a Cell
Match for the WWE Championship.

A match of such magnitude was unprecedented in the history of
sports-entertainment, as the WWE Championship had never been contested
under such extreme conditions. Six of WWE’s elite Superstars (The
Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Undertaker, Rikishi and Kurt
Angle) were each on top of their game, bringing 110 percent to
sports-entertainment’s most unforgiving structure.

WWE Champion Angle was facing incredible odds. With six men in the ring at
any time, Angle could lose his championship without being pinned. However,
showing the courage that made him an Olympic Gold Medalist, Angle
persevered, defying the odds to retain the most coveted prize in WWE.
Angle’s win, however, did not come out without great struggle.

The carnage involved in a Hell in the Cell Match containing just two men is
normally overwhelming, but at Armageddon, the six competitors took the
brutality to a whole new level. Bleeding and brawling inside the cage,
outside the cage, and all over the arena, the Superstars left WWE fans in
awe of what they were witnessing.

Midway through the match, Mr. McMahon, who objected to the match taking
place, arrived at ringside with his entourage and a large pickup truck. The
trio’s attempt to fasten a chain to the cage and tow it away from the
arena was thwarted when Mick Foley appeared to interrupt their plans. The
fan-friendly Commissioner stopped McMahon in his tracks and ordered
security to remove him from the building.

With McMahon and his crew out of the picture, the physicality escalated
further. The truck that the Chairman intended to use to end the violence
became an accessory to one of the most unbelievable moments in WWE history.
All six men ended up on top of the cage at one point during the match, but
none suffered as dangerous a descent as Rikishi.

The oversized Superstar ended up going face to face with Undertaker, who
used his past Hell in a Cell experience to give Rikishi a taste of the dark
side. The Phenom battered the heavy Samoan to the edge of the cage and
sealed his fate with a vicious chokeslam off the top of the cage to the bed
of the truck sitting some 20 feet below.

As the crowd reacted to the unbelievable sight outside the ring, The Rock,
Stone Cold and Kurt Angle battled inside the ring to an unlikely
conclusion. The Rock blasted Angle with the Rock Bottom, and went for a
pin, which was broken up by Austin. The Rattlesnake proceeded to hit Rock
with the Stunner, providing another near fall broken up at the last second
by Triple H. With the Cerebral Assassin pre-occupied with Austin, an alert
Kurt Angle rolled over and put his arm on a still unconscious Rock to
record a three count, and one of the most improbable victories in recent
memory.